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Check out the work of our theatre students as they perform their final projects of the semester! Only $2.00 at the door gets you an evening’s worth of entertainment.
Schedule for December 14:
- Acting 1A @ 5:30pm: Scenes from NO CHILD… by Nilaja Sun
- Acting 1B @ 6:45pm: Scenes from NO CHILD… by Nilaja Sun
- Basic Improvisation Mods 5/6 @ 8:00pm
The Wisconsin Intergenerational Orchestra brings musicians of all ages together to explore, rehearse, and perform great music. Their winter concert features the Intermezzo and iGen Symphony, along with a special guest performance from the Brookfield East High School Chamber Choir. On the program are works of Rutter, Dvorák, Corelli, and other musical gems.
Check out the work of our theatre students as they perform their final projects of the semester! Only $2.00 at the door gets you an evening’s worth of entertainment.
Schedule for December 18:
- Acting 2 @ 5:30pm: ALMOST, MAINE by John Cariani
- Acting 3 @ 6:45pm: Deconstruction of William Shakespeare’s A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM
- Basic Improvisation Mods 15/16 @ 8:00pm
Join the Pius XI Comedy Company for their annual Christmas show! Celebrate the spirit of the season with this hilarious improv troupe. Special pre-show activities begin in the 5th floor hallway at 6pm; doors to the theater open at 6:30pm.
This performance will be interpreted in American Sign Language.
Come in from the cold to hear wonderful performances from our instrumental music students! This concert features the work of the String Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Guitar Ensemble, Jazz Band, and Percussion Ensemble.
Join the Pius XI Comedy Company for their annual Valentine’s Day show! Bring your special someone–or come by yourself–as our hilarious improv troupe celebrates all things “Love!” Special pre-show activities begin in the 5th floor hallway at 6pm; doors to the theater open at 6:30pm.
Join us to see the latest instrumental music achievements of the Pius XI Performing Arts Academy, our outreach program for Milwaukee-area elementary and middle school students!
The Milwaukee Festival Brass, one of our resident artistic partners, returns with a program that highlights the technical prowess, compositional ingenuity, and color spectrum of the brass band idiom.
Join us as we celebrate the opening of the latest Pius XI Alumni Exhibition! The exhibition features Steve Green ’97 and Simon Teigeiro ’13.
This one day intensive experience from the Pius XI Performing Arts Academy gives Dance students from grades 8-12 the opportunity to interface with some of the best and brightest in the world of Dance from across the country. Enrollment is only $50 and includes lunch and a commemorative T-Shirt. Space Is Limited, Don’t Miss Out!
Registration is now closed for this workshop. Please contact us with any questions.
Featuring Master Teachers:
Chelsey Bradley, J.D., M.F.A., is a choreographer, professor, attorney, and author working at the intersection of dance and legal studies. She has held positions as both a lecturer of dance and professor of law for the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. She currently serves as resident choreographer for Dance Wisconsin.
Chelsey’s choreography can be found in the repertoire of Dance Wisconsin, Greater Lansing Ballet Company, Canton Ballet, Eau Claire Concert Dance Company, Ballet 5:8, and the Central Indiana Dance Ensemble. Her work for these companies has earned her Regional Dance America’s National Choreographic Commissioning award four times, Regional Dance America’s Choreography Connection Grant in 2014, and a Choreographic Honors Award from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 2015.
In addition to her contemporary works, Chelsey premiered a full-length ballet, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” for Dance Wisconsin in 2016, and will a full-length “Snow White” for Central Indiana Dance Ensemble in 2017. Chelsey’s writings on choreography and teaching are published by Dance Advantage, and she shares information on the intersection of dance and law through her YouTube Channel, The Academy for Artistic Entrepreneurs.
Cedric Gardner
Bio Coming Soon!
Sabra Michelle is happy to be a Teaching Artist for this program! She has many performance and choreography-assisting credits for Off-Broadway and regional theatres as well as being an award-winning teacher and choreographer in her own right. She is best known for playing leading ladies in musicals such as Lola in DAMN YANKEES, Cassie in A CHORUS LINE, Roxie in CHICAGO, and many others. She was featured on the National tour of THE PAJAMA GAME, cruising the Hawaiian islands on Norwegian Cruise Line’s PRIDE OF AMERICA, at President Clinton’s Inauguration in George Faison’s KING! A MUSICAL TESTIMONY with Maya Angelou, and on the BEAR IN THE BIG BLUE HOUSE LIVE! video (released by Jim Henson/Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment), with whom she toured the world for 3 seasons.
A native of the Washington, DC area, Sabra received her BFA in Dance from Shenandoah Conservatory. She also trained in London, England; Paris, France; and New York City. Professional dance companies include Dancin’ Unlimited, Motion Mania Dance Theatre, and the Ballroom Dance Company. As a teacher, Sabra’s students have won awards, scholarships, and Olympic medals (Sabra is proud to have taught hundreds of aspiring dancers, as well as elite American gymnasts coached by Kelli Hill). Sabra is a recipient of the “Outstanding Excellence in Teaching” Award from the Governor’s School of Virginia. She has set the foundation for young performers’ skills in musical theatre across the country.
Living in New York City for over a decade, Sabra devoted herself to philanthropic work for Broadway Cares and founded The Cougar Ball, which has produced gala fundraisers for The Actors Fund and the Phyllis Newman Women’s Health Initiative for several years.
Sabra is happy to share her energy and hopes to encourage others to find joy and inspiration in all they do. For more information, please visit www.SabraMichelle.com.
Lisa Moberly is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point with a degree in dance. As a professional dancer, Lisa has performed with Chris Stevens, Kanopy Dance in Madsion, Nikolais/Louis Dance Theatre in New York, Martha Mulligan and Brian Jeffery in Chicago and currently with Betty Salamun’s Dance Circus in Milwaukee. Lisa has assisted in developing A.C.E. programs for schools while with Dance Circus.
Her teaching experience started in college when she helped develop a dance program for Mary Lou Meyers, Turning Point Dance Academy. She has also taught dance at Sherry Morray’s Dance Academy in Downers Grove, IL. Lisa is currently teaching for Danceworks at their main location and at their satellite location at the Jewish Community Center. Lisa is also a certified Pilates instructor. She received her certification from Body in Balance in Chicago, IL. and has taught Pilates for the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee since 2004. In 2012 Lisa opened her own studio, Flying Frog LLC., located in Thiensville where she teaches Pilates and the GYROTONIC (R) method. Lisa also teaches Pre-Ballet and Pilates for the Milwaukee Ballet School.
By Nilaja Sun
Directed by Joshua Pohja
NO CHILD…is a tour-de-force exploration of the New York City public school system. An insightful, hilarious and touching master class not to be missed by anyone who is concerned about the state of our education system and how we might fix it.
By Nilaja Sun
Directed by Joshua Pohja
NO CHILD…is a tour-de-force exploration of the New York City public school system. An insightful, hilarious and touching master class not to be missed by anyone who is concerned about the state of our education system and how we might fix it.
By Nilaja Sun
Directed by Joshua Pohja
NO CHILD…is a tour-de-force exploration of the New York City public school system. An insightful, hilarious and touching master class not to be missed by anyone who is concerned about the state of our education system and how we might fix it.
By Nilaja Sun
Directed by Joshua Pohja
NO CHILD…is a tour-de-force exploration of the New York City public school system. An insightful, hilarious and touching master class not to be missed by anyone who is concerned about the state of our education system and how we might fix it.
Join the Pius XI Comedy Company for their blockbuster Students vs. Teachers show! The members of the Comedy Company go head-to-head with Pius XI faculty and staff members in an improv tour-de-force. Special pre-show activities begin in the 5th floor hallway at 6pm; doors to the theater open at 6:30pm.
Join us to celebrate Ed Drexler’s retirement and listen as he shares life lessons and reflections on education and faith. The conversation will be moderated by Keith Meka ’82 (news anchor with CBS58) and Dorene Micheals ’91 (WKLH radio host).
Just days before his 92nd birthday, Ed will answer questions and share stories as he imparts his final lessons on generations of alumni, faculty and friends.
All proceeds from this event benefit the Ed Drexler Scholarship Fund at Pius XI Catholic High School.
This event has been postponed.
Join us for our annual film festival, featuring numerous short films created by high school students at Pius XI and around the Milwaukee area! Meet the next generation of filmmakers right here in our Wendy Joy Lindsey Theater.
Don’t miss the amazing voices of our Women’s Vocal Jazz Ensemble–one night only in the Black Box Theater.
This special preview performance is open to Pius XI Alumni only! A promo code is required to purchase tickets. If you don’t have the promo code, please contact pacinfo@piusxi.org.
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg
Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer
Original French text by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel
Additional Material by James Fenton
Based on the novel by Victor Hugo
Directed by Kevin Schwartz
One of the world’s most iconic and longest-running musicals, LES MISÉRABLES tells the story of Jean Valjean, a former convict who spends a lifetime seeking redemption. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century France and the aftermath of the French Revolution, this timeless story of intertwined destinies reveals the power of compassion and the quiet evil of indifference to human suffering. Performed in over 40 countries and 22 languages, and with a lush, swelling score that features such famed songs as “I Dreamed a Dream,” “On My Own,” and “Bring Him Home,” LES MIS brings Victor Hugo’s revolutionary novel blazingly to life.
Join us as we celebrate the opening of the latest Pius XI Alumni Exhibition! The exhibition features Marissa Waraksa ’09, Susan Waraksa ’71 and Joshua Holzmann ’03.